Mahmoud Abbas Gives Floral Basket Case To Kim Jong Il
OVER the Korean News Service: “Floral Basket to Kim Jong Il from Chief of Palestinian National Authority”
Pyongyang, February 13 (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Mahmoud Abbas, chief of the Palestinian National Authority, on the occasion of his birthday.
Something will be made of Mr Abbas cosying up to the Axis of Evil leader. But it is the gift that catches the eye. Does one man give another a basket of flowers? A better gift would be a souvenir spoon from Bethletham, a Ronson electric carving knife or something more personal, like a replica of Yasser Arafat made from orange peel.
Flowers are suggestive of a last-minute panic, an emergeny purchase. The reports fails to mention what flowers were in the gift, but when you close the eyes you see carnations, that flower of hope abandoned…
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